why are the CSA taking my ex to court?

stargard

My ex is currently being chased by the csa for arrears of child support. I was on income support and despite both of us filling in the appropriate forms, the csa never collected. Four years ago, he had a stroke and is now on DLA and has a little job that he does from home for a few months during the winter. He will never do a 'proper' job again, has mobility problems and very poor eyesight. Suddenly, the csa have leapt into action. They have calculated the arrears and decided to collect now that he is earning next to nothing. They are taking him to court next month. Whilst he doesn't deny that the money is owed, he has no assets and only a small amount of income that can be counted. He is cared for by his family. I'm just not sure what they hope to gain from the court action. My worry is that all this will cause another stroke and my daughter will lose her father for good.

kelloggs36

The problem here is that you don't have a say in the matter because the case involves recouping of benefits - if you had been a private client then you would be able to stop any court action but as the Secretary of State is doing it, you can't.

However, he can double check that the figures are correct for a start. He needs a complete account breakdown and assessment details to check to see if they have used the correct info when calculating the arrears.

In Court they will ask him for details of his income etc and I am quite certain that they will be sympathetic in coming to an agreement in Court.